For this year’s Canadian Songwriter Challenge, MFM is partnering with the Northern Lights Festival Boréal (NLFB), the Near North Mobile Media Lab (N2M2L) and l’Association des professionels de la chanson et de la musique (APCM) to bring you a co-writing and demo recording adventure on the beautiful shores of Sudbury’s Ramsey Lake, July 8-10.

10 Northern Ontario-based participants will be chosen to take part the free event where they will be paired up, and, with the help of mentors Fred Squire, Serge Brideau (Les Hôtesses d’Hilaire), and ShoShona Kish (Digging Roots), be challenged to write and record a brand new song in the span of the festival’s 3 days. The whole weekend wraps up with a demo listening party aboard the famed Cortina Cruise boat.

Are you up for the Challenge? Apply via the link below before June 22 to be considered. Successful applicants will be notified by June 24th.

The Canadian Songwriter Challenge is proudly sponsored by the Canadian Council for Music Industry Associations (CCMIA) and Bell Media. We also acknowledge the financial support of FACTOR, the Government of Canada and of Canada’s private radio broadcasters. Nous reconnaissons l’appui financier de FACTOR, du gouvernement du Canada, et des radiodiffuseurs privés du Canada.